Blue
Lyric Opera House
Lyric Opera House
Lyric Opera House
Lyric Opera House
Lyric Opera House
Drama, Music, New Work, Opera
Runs Nov 16 – Dec 01, 2024
Blue is destined to become an American classic. Co-produced by Lyric, The Glimmerglass Festival, and Washington National Opera, the opera presents the moving story of a Black middle-class family in Harlem whose hopes and dreams for their teenage son are shattered when he is shot by a white police officer. Tony-winning composer Jeanine Tesori’s magnificently moving music is matched by Tazewell Thompson’s probing, deeply sensitive libretto.